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What’s Happening?
The United States established its contemporary refugee resettlement and asylum system in 1980 and, in the decades that followed, developed further protection pathways for migrants, particularly for children, victims of crimes, and people from countries in grave crisis. Since the mid-2010s, the United States has resettled fewer refugees from abroad and limited access to asylum at the southern border. The Biden administration has continued this trend while increasing access to temporary protection and parole pathways.
What Must Be Done?
Refugees International is calling on the United States to end its enforcement approach to asylum at the border, strengthen its refugee resettlement program, and expand pathways to protection to additional forcibly displaced people. After arrival, asylum seekers should be given prompt ability to work and needed services and support.
Latest Reports and Briefs
118th Congress: Humanitarian Engagement for Displaced Populations
April 20, 2023
Mixed Blessing: Guatemalan Experiences under the New Central American Minors Program
March 15, 2023
Supplementary Protection Pathways to the United States: Lessons from the Past for Today’s Humanitarian Parole Policies
November 10, 2022
Latest Statements and News
Latest Opinions, Q&As, and Explainers
Latest Advocacy Letters
150+ Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Annunciation House and Denounce Texas’ Attacks on Humanitarian Aid
February 26, 2024
Joint Letter to Biden Administration Urging Safeguarding of U.S. Asylum Protections
November 12, 2023
NGOs Call on DHS to Support an Expanded Work Permit Automatic Extension
September 27, 2023
Latest Events and Testimonies
Latest Perspectives and Commentaries
Featured Image: A Guatemalan father and daughter who are seeking asylum rest in a shelter on May 15, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. © Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Tell President Biden: Speak Out on Sudan
President Biden must address the nation and the world to bear witness to the tragedy unfolding in Sudan, to mobilize international support for Sudanese civilians, and to prevent the further loss of life.